Firestone Tube Plant retirees will have their quarterly gathering at 6 p.m. Thursday at Western Sizzlin’ in Russellville.

For more information, call 858-1646.

Booher Cemetery decoration May 19

There will be a decoration and memorial service at Booher Cemetery at 2 p.m. May 19.

Anyone with an interest in the cemetery is asked to come and participate in the service.

Everyone is asked to bring their lawn chairs.

Donations for cemetery maintenance will be accepted at the decoration service or may be mailed to Booher Cemetery Association, 295 Pleasant View Road, Russellville, AR 72802.

Free boating education course

A free boating education course will take place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Lake Dardanelle State Park Visitors’ Center, weigh-in pavilion in Russellville, with lunch from noon to 1 p.m. A sack lunch is recommended and soft drinks vending machines are available. Boating education is required for all persons born after Jan. 1, 1986. You may register by calling the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission (AGFC) in Russellville at (479) 967-7577. For additional information, call Lee Fields, AGFC boating education instructor, 331-0399.